1.

Which protocol working at the Transport layer provides a

connectionless service between hosts?
A. IP
B. ARP
C. TCP
D. UDP

Answer: D
Explanation: User Datagram Protocol is used at the Transport layer to provide a
connectionless service.

2. Which protocol works at the Transport layer and provides

virtual circuits between hosts?
a. IP
b. ARP
c. TCP
d. UDP

Answer: C
Explanation: Transmission Control Protocol sets up a virtual circuit before transmitting any
data. This creates a reliable session and is known as a connection-oriented session.

3. Which protocol works at the Internet layer and provides a

connection service between hosts?
a. IP
b. ARP
c. TCP
d. UDP

Answer: A
Explanation: Internet Protocol is used to address hosts and route packets through the
internetwork. The question does not refer to a connection-oriented service, which is different
from a plain connection service.
4. If a host broadcasts a frame that includes a source and
destination hardware address, and its purpose is to assign IP
addresses to itself, which protocol at the Network layer does
the host use?
a. RARP
b. ARP
c. ICMP
d. TCP
e. IPX

Answer: A
Explanation: Reverse ARP is used to find an IP address from a known hardware address.

5. If a router interface is congested, which protocol in the IP suite

is used to tell neighbor routers?
a. RARP
b. ARP
c. ICMP
d. IP
e. TCP

Answer: C
Explanation: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is used to send redirects back to an
originating router.

6. What is the valid host range the IP address 172.16.10.22/28

255.255.255.240 is a part of?
a. 172.16.10.20 through 172.16.10.22
b. 172.16.10.1 through 172.16.10.255
c. 172.16.10.16 through 172.16.10.23
d. 172.16.10.17 through 172.16.10.31
e. 172.16.10.17 through 172.16.10.30

Answer: E
Explanation: First start by using the 256 mask, which in this case is 256240=16. The first
subnet is 16; the second subnet is 32. This host must be in the 16 subnet; the broadcast
address is 31 and the valid host range is 1730.
7. What range of addresses can be used in the first octet of a
Class B network address?
a. 1-126
b. 1-127
c. 128-190
d. 128-191
e. 129-192
f. 192-220

Answer: D
Explanation: A Class B network is defined in the first octet with the numbers 128191.

8. What range of addresses can be used in the first octet of a

Class C address?
a. 1-127
b. 129-192
c. 203-234
d. 192-223

Answer: D
Explanation: A Class C network is defined in the first octet with the numbers 192-223.

9. How many bytes is an Ethernet address?

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
e. 7
f. 8
g. 16

Answer: D
Explanation: An Ethernet (MAC) address is 6 bytes long (48 bits).

10. What protocol is used to find the hardware address of a

local device?
a. RARP
b. ARP
 c. IP
d. ICMP
e. BootP

Answer: B
Explanation: Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used to find the hardware address from
a known IP address.

11. In circuit-switching, the path

a. upto destination is allocated before the transmission of message begins
b. upto next intermediate node is allocated before the transmission of message begins
c. to be followed depends on the length of the message
d. none of the above

Answer: A
Explanation: In Circuit-switching the two source and destination nodes establish a
dedicated communication channel before the actual begins.

12. Which of the networks allow different speed links ?

a. Message-switched networks
b. Packet-switched networks
c. Circuit-switched networks
d. None of these above

Answer: B
Explanation: Packet switched networks allow different speed links. This network arranges
all transmitted data suitable sized block called packets

13. An administrator issues the command ping 127.0.0.1

from the command line prompt on a PC host named PC1. If an
ICMP reply is received, what does this confirm?
a. The PC host PC1 has connectivity with a local host
b. The PC host PC1 has connectivity with a Layer 3 device
c. The PC host PC1 has a default gateway correctly configured
d. The PC host PC1 has connectivity up to Layer 5 of the OSI model
 e. The PC host PC1 has the TCP/IP protocol stack correctly installed

Answer: E
Explanation: The ping 127.0.0.1 command is used to troubleshoot the local network card
and the TCP/IP stack to make sure is working correctly. If an ICMP echo reply is received,
that shows there are connectivity to a particular host in the network

14. You want to ping the loopback address of your local host.
What will you type? (choose two)
a. Ping 127.0.0.1
b. Ping 0.0.0.0
c. Ping ::1
d. Trace 0.0.::1

Answer: A &C
Explanation: TThe loopback address with IPv4 is 127.0.0.1. With IPv6, the loopback
address is ::1 or 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1